IIT People Search

Francesco Roscia

PhD Student Fellow
Dynamic Legged Systems
Research center
About

Francesco Roscia (he/his/him) is a Ph.D. student in Bioengineering and Robotics - curriculum Advanced and Humanoid Robotics, at the Dynamic Legged Systems (DLS) lab. His research topic is aerial motions for quadruped robots, paying particular emphasis on the landing phase of leaps.

He received his B.Sc. Degree in Computer and Automation Engineering (L-08) back in 2018 and his M.Sc. Degree in Automation Engineering (LM-25) in 2020, both at University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. In 2020 he has been guest student in Humanoids & Human Centered Mechatronics (HHCM) lab at IIT.

His domain of interest includes legged locomotion, robot manipulation, automatic control and numerical optimization.

Education

Title: M.Sc. Degree in Automation Engineering
Institute: University La Sapienza
Location: Rome
Country: Italy
From: 2018 To: 2020

Title: B.Sc. Degree in Computer and Automation Engineering
Institute: University La Sapienza
Location: Rome
Country: Italy
From: 2015 To: 2018

All Publications
2023
Focchi M., Roscia F., Semini C.
Locosim: an Open-Source Cross-Platform Robotics Framework
International Conference Series on Climbing and Walking Robots and the Support Technologies for Mobile Machines
Conference Paper Conference
2023
Roscia F., Cumerlotti A., Del Prete A., Semini C., Focchi M.
Orientation Control System: Enhancing Aerial Maneuvers for Quadruped Robots
MDPI Sensors
2023
Roscia F., Focchi M., Del Prete A., Caldwell D.G., Semini C.
Reactive Landing Controller for Quadruped Robots
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters